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#202191 - 04/13/10 03:46 AM
Re: Cookbooks, anyone?
[Re: yonuh]
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Registered: 01/21/07
Posts: 3675
Loc: British Columbia, Canada
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Hmmm, I must have around 10 cookbooks. No, we don't use hardly any much anymore. Maybe 1-2 recipes per cookbook or so.
We have 3 cookbooks focused specifically on Northwest Pacific cuisine. A couple on Asian traditional cuisine +1 with nouveau fusion combined with French cooking styles. Some of them, I get specifically for authentic dishes or techniques..if I don't learn them from mother.
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#202192 - 04/13/10 04:18 AM
Re: Cookbooks, anyone?
[Re: orchid]
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Registered: 03/12/10
Posts: 3212
Loc: Illinois
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Hi JJ,
OK, I confess, I collect cookbooks. I love 'em, though anyone who knows me personally will tell you I never make any recipe exactly as it's written, and I never make the same recipe twice... For me, cookbooks are idea starters and cooking is a highly creative endeavor which I really enjoy...
The oldest cookbook I own is "The Fannie Farmer Junior Cook Book," which was my mother's when she was a girl, and my grandmother gave it to me when I was in about 3rd grade. It's roughly 200 pages, published in 1942. I made many of the recipes as a girl, and this is a real keepsake...
Another old favorite is called "Be Milwaukee's Guest," and it consists of recipes collected and tested by the Junior League of Milwaukee. It's copyright 1959, but my copy is from the 4th printing in 1970, and came from my mother on the occasion of my first marriage. I don't make many recipes from this book, but it is fun to read, and contains an excellent recipe for German Potato Salad...
Perhaps the oddest book in my collection is called "My Favorite Recipes from the Wild," and it's by Helen R Wilke. This cookbook was a gift from my father, who knows I like unusual recipes -- though I am not sure I will ever have a need for a recipe for "Dandelion Coffee," or "Raccoon with Bacon."
The most interesting thing for me about this book is the preface, which tells me that Margaret shared her recipes over the years with Euell Gibbons...
I remember Euell used to be on a TV commercial for Grape Nuts cereal. Does anyone else remember that?
Orchid, I'd love to know more about nouveau fusion cooking styles.
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#202194 - 04/13/10 05:25 AM
Re: Cookbooks, anyone?
[Re: Anne Holmes]
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Registered: 11/07/05
Posts: 1096
Loc: West Chester ,PA
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Anne, I collect cookbooks too.....I can't resist them...when my kids were growing up every school they went to, every sport they played all seemed to create and sell cookbooks as fundraisers ...so many of my recipes are in those books...and I always give 2 or 3 of them as part of any bridal shower gift. Over the years I began to collect cookbooks whenever we traveled to a new place...and now I have a bookcase filled with cookbooks...each one tells a story...
So JJ...after a long winded lead up ..the answer to your question about how many cookbooks I have... 217!!!
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#202206 - 04/13/10 01:44 PM
Re: Cookbooks, anyone?
[Re: jawjaw]
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Registered: 11/07/05
Posts: 1096
Loc: West Chester ,PA
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Send me your address JJ and I will gladly send you one!!
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#202224 - 04/13/10 07:38 PM
Re: Cookbooks, anyone?
[Re: yonuh]
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Registered: 11/15/05
Posts: 2798
Loc: NM, transplant from NJ
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At least 40, plus I have GOBS of loose recipes that, mostly, I don't even uses. My faves are used often.
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